Chipotle building plans being drawn

Architects are working on the plans for a new Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant at 1421 S. Main St., one of the owners of the building site said.

Doug Baumgartner of Holland, Ohio, who with his father, Don Baumgartner, also of Holland, owns the land where the new restaurant will go, said he hopes the plans can be submitted for approval to the city of Adrian by the middle of September.

If so, letting of construction contracts could begin by the end of the month, Doug Baumgartner said.

The new building is expected to be about 4,857 square feet. The restaurant is expected to occupy about 2,400 square feet and the rest of the building will be used for some kind of retail business, Baumgartner said.

A retail tenant has not yet been found, Baumgartner said.

Once it starts, he expects construction of the building to take from 90 to 120 days, Baumgartner said.

The site formerly was occupied by a Long John Silver’s restaurant. That building has been demolished.